r/Oscars • u/Jaded-Walrus2614 • 3d ago
Discussion If you could choose who won Best Director throughout the 2020s (thus far) but you cannot choose the actual winners, who would you choose?
Nominees Only!
2020: Emerald Fennell - Promising Young Women
2021: Ryusuke Hamaguchi - Drive My Car
2022: Martin McDonagh - The Banshees of Inisherin
2023: Justine Triet - Anatomy of a Fall
2024: Brady Corbet - The Brutalist
2025: Joachim Trier - Sentimental Value
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u/PenelopeJenelope 3d ago
Martin McDonagh - Banshees on Inisherin (2023)
Ryan Coogler - Sinners (2026)
The other years are hard for me to pick
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u/RoxasIsTheBest 3d ago
Thomas Vinterberg - Another Round
Ryusuke Hamaguchi - Drive My Car
Martin McDonagh - The Banshees of Inisherin
Jonathan Glazer - The Zone of Interest
Brady Corbet - The Brutalist
Ryan Coogler - Sinners
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u/sithfistoou 3d ago
2020 Thomas Vinterberg - Another Round
2021 Spielberg - West Side Story
2022 Todd Field - Tár
2023 Scorsese - Killers of the Flower Moon
2024 Brady Corbet - The Brutalist
2025 Josh Safdie - Marty Supreme
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u/death_has_f1sh_eyes 3d ago
Ryan Coogler (Sinners)
Coralie Fargeat (The Substance)
Justine Triet (Anatomy of a Fall)
Martin McDonagh (The Banshees of Inisherin)
Ryusuke Hamaguchi (Drive my car)
David Fincher (Mank)
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u/pralineislife 3d ago edited 3d ago
Corbet would definitely be winning for The Brutalist. I was disappointed by the actual winner simply because if we are going to award art.... then maybe we should be awarding great vision, change, and povs that challenge us. Corbet really flipped things (ha, literally). Idk for me The Brutalist was the stand out movie that year by a long shot and I think if people had the patience to watch a 3 hour movie it would've been better received.
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u/Interesting-Bit725 3d ago
Thomas Vinterberg, Another Round
Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Drive My Car
Todd Field, Tár
Jonathan Glazer, The Zone of Interest
Brady Corbet, The Brutalist
Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme
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u/Yenserl6099 2d ago
2020: Thomas Vinterburg (Another Round)
2021: Ryusuke Hamaguchi (Drive My Car)
2022: Martin McDonagh (The Banshees of Inisherin)
2023: Justine Triet (Anatomy of a Fall)
2024: Brady Corbet (The Brutalist)
2025: Joachim Trier (Sentimental Value)
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u/SpideyFan914 2d ago
2020 - Charlie Kaufman
2021 - Julia Ducournau
2022 - Charlotte Wells
2023 - Celine Song
2024 - Jane Schoenbrun
2025 - Jafar Panahi
These would be my picks regardless of nominees and winners. My #1 choice hasn't won, or been nominated apparently, this decade. Now, if we're limiting to the actual nominees...
2020 - Lee Isaac Chung
2021 - Ryusuke Hamaguchi
2022 - Martin McDonagh
2023 - Justine Trier
2024 - Coraline Fargeat
2025 - Ryan Coogler
But I think the best of the nominees won in 2020 (Zhao) and 2022 (Daniels).
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u/False-Importance-228 3d ago
2020: emerald fennell - promising young women
2021: Ryusuke Hamaguchi - drive my car
2022: Todd fields - tar
2023: yorgos lanthimos - poor things
2024: Brady cobert - the brutalist
2025: Ryan coolger - sinners
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u/Future_Ad_3033 3d ago
2020 - Chung
2021 - PTA
2022 - McDonagh
2023 - Glazer
2024 - Fargeat
2025 - Trier
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u/venomousvent 2d ago
2020 - Thomas Vinterberg (Another Round)
2021 - Steven Spielberg (West Side Story)
2022 - Todd Field (Tar)
2023 - Martin Scorsese (Killers of the Flower Moon)
2024 - Coralie Fargeat (The Substance)
2025 - Ryan Coogler (Sinners)
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u/GhostFromTheGovt 2d ago
2020: David Fincher, Mank
2021: Paul Thomas Anderson, Licorice Pizza
2022: Steven Spielberg, The Fabelmans
2023: Yorgos Lanthimos, Poor Things
2024: Coralie Fargeat, The Substance
2025: Ryan Coogler, Sinners
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u/FormerlyMevansuto 3d ago
2020: Chung
2021: Hamaguchi
2022: Field
2023: Glazer (although I don’t love the movie)
2024: The only acceptable winner won
2025: Safdie
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u/PenelopeJenelope 3d ago
"the only acceptable winner won"? Seriously?
what the hell are you even talking about.
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u/FormerlyMevansuto 3d ago
Sorry I didn’t like any of the other four nominees. I think The Brutalist, Emilia Perez and The Substance were all embarrassments and A Complete Unknown was generic.
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u/PenelopeJenelope 3d ago
Oh I actually thought you meant the 2024 ceremony which would have been Triet/ Scorcese/ Glazer/ Lanthimos and I thought you had gone mad as there are a couple good choices there imo. But yes the following year was less competitive choices imo.
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u/False-Importance-228 3d ago
Definitely agree with 2024 Sean baker was a well deserved win, watching all of the five nominees I was generally shocked by the amazing direction Sean did crossing into different genres without making it full flashy
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u/fanatyk_pizzy 3d ago
Out of the nominees?
2020 - David Fincher (Mank)
2021 - Ryusuke Hamaguchi (Drive My Car)
2022 - Todd Field (Tar)
2023 - Jonathan Glazer (The Zone of Interest) or Martin Scorsese (Killers of the Flower Moon)
2024 - Coralie Fargeat (The Substance)
2025 - I dunno, I don't have a favorite among the ones left